SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea rose 15 percent in September from a year earlier due to strong demand for German cars, an industry association said Wednesday. The number of newly registered foreign vehicles rose to 21,839 units last month from 20,204 a year earlier, the Korea Automobile [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 280 million personal data records have been leaked from public and private organizations over the past eight and a half years, a ruling party lawmaker said Wednesday, calling for reinforcing relevant liability insurance regulations. Rep. Kim Byung-wook of the Democratic Party, citing data from the Personal Information [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The combined revenue for South Korean movie theaters declined by over 70 percent as the new coronavirus pandemic has continued for months, according to a lawmaker Monday. Cinemas across the country posted revenue of 415.1 billion won (US$356.9 million) in the first nine months of this year, more than [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s mobile subscriptions topped 70 million in August thanks to a pickup in 5G users, data showed Monday. As of August, the country had 70 million mobile accounts, up 201,119 from the previous month, according to data from the ICT ministry. South Korea has a population of 51.8 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of reported suicide attempts and self-inflicted injuries among young South Koreans nearly doubled from 2015 to 2019, according to a ruling party lawmaker Monday. The number of those who sought medical attention from either suicide attempts or self harm aged between 9 and 24 reached 9,828 in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Dividend income earned by South Koreans under the age of 18 has more than doubled over the past four years amid a trend of early gifts among rich people, government data showed Monday. Underage shareholders in the country posted a combined dividend income of around 265 billion won (US$227 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of abandoned animals in South Korea passed the 130,000 mark in 2019 amid a decline in animal shelters, government data showed Monday. A total of 135,791 dogs, cats and other pets got deserted or lost last year, compared with 121,077 a year earlier, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of international visitors to South Korea plummeted by more than 70 percent during the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a lawmaker Sunday. The number of inbound foreign travelers during the January-June period reached 2.14 million, marking a 74.7 percent plunge compared [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group emerged to become the world’s fourth-largest player in terms of global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) over the first seven months of 2020, data showed Sunday. South Korea’s top automotive group saw its combined sales of electric vehicles advance 25 percent on-year to reach 60,707 over [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Overall school violence has been on a steady decline in recent years, but the number of juvenile sex offenders has spiked significantly, police data showed on Sunday. The number of teenagers arrested for acts of school violence totaled 13,584 last year, marking a decrease of 3 percent from 14,000 [...]